Stoke City Council's 18-storey former
headquarters was the 240-foot-high Unity House, built in the mid-1970s
on a site previously occupied by prefab houses near Broad Street,
Hanley.

Unity HousePhoto taken in Broad Street, just outside the Black Lion pub.
Unity House (the old Civic Centre) stands just off The Potteries Way.

photo: June 2000

"Developer St Modwen confirmed today
that it wants to create space for up to five retail units or restaurants
on the ground floor of a three-storey building proposed for the Unity
House site in Hanley.

News of the new plans comes as St Modwen gears up to demolish the
derelict Unity House building, at the junction of Potteries Way and
Broad Street."September 2002

aerial photo of the southern end of Hanley
Unity House is in the centre bottom of the picture
with the 'Potteries Way' ring road bottom left to right